Use Newton's method to find the first 5 approximations of the solution to the equation LaTeX:  \displaystyle e^{- x}= \frac{77 x^{3}}{1000} - 8 using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0=5 .

Using the formula for Newton's method gives LaTeX:  x_{n+1} =  x_{n} - \frac{- \frac{77 x_{n}^{3}}{1000} + 8 + e^{- x_{n}}}{- \frac{231 x_{n}^{2}}{1000} - e^{- x_{n}}}   Using LaTeX:  \displaystyle x_0 = 5 and LaTeX:  \displaystyle n = 0,1,2,3, and LaTeX:  \displaystyle 4 gives: LaTeX:  x_{1} =  (5.0000000000) - \frac{- \frac{77 (5.0000000000)^{3}}{1000} + 8 + e^{- (5.0000000000)}}{- \frac{231 (5.0000000000)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (5.0000000000)}} = 4.7201080250 LaTeX:  x_{2} =  (4.7201080250) - \frac{- \frac{77 (4.7201080250)^{3}}{1000} + 8 + e^{- (4.7201080250)}}{- \frac{231 (4.7201080250)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (4.7201080250)}} = 4.7029410951 LaTeX:  x_{3} =  (4.7029410951) - \frac{- \frac{77 (4.7029410951)^{3}}{1000} + 8 + e^{- (4.7029410951)}}{- \frac{231 (4.7029410951)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (4.7029410951)}} = 4.7028786484 LaTeX:  x_{4} =  (4.7028786484) - \frac{- \frac{77 (4.7028786484)^{3}}{1000} + 8 + e^{- (4.7028786484)}}{- \frac{231 (4.7028786484)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (4.7028786484)}} = 4.7028786476 LaTeX:  x_{5} =  (4.7028786476) - \frac{- \frac{77 (4.7028786476)^{3}}{1000} + 8 + e^{- (4.7028786476)}}{- \frac{231 (4.7028786476)^{2}}{1000} - e^{- (4.7028786476)}} = 4.7028786476